NASA . Prime crew members for the first manned Apollo 1 space flight practice water egress procedures in a swimming pool at Ellington Air Force Base (EAFB), Houston, Texas.

In the lead-up to the Apollo 1 test, according to Kluger and Lovell, Schirra stated the following: There's nothing wrong with this ship that I can point to, but it just makes me uncomfortable.

The Apollo program changed forever on Jan. 27, 1967, when a flash fire swept through the Apollo 1 command module during a launch rehearsal test. Despite the best efforts of the ground crew, the ...

We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar ...

The Apollo 1 Command Module after the fire that claimed the lives of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Credit: NASA. NASA s Apollo program began with one of the worst disasters the ...

A high oxygen flow indicator repeatedly triggered Apollo 1’s master alarm, and spotty communications between Grissom and astronaut Stu Roosa, seated in the nearby blockhouse, caused tempers to fray.

Yes, Apollo 1 did cause three deaths. But I believe it did save more than three later.” A new exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center honors Apollo 1’s fallen heroes.

Apollo 1 astronauts, (L-R), Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee suited up and visiting the Saturn launch pad. A few days later all three would be killed in an electrical fire in ...

Apollo 1 crew members practice water egress procedures in a swimming pool at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston. Astronaut Edward White rides a life raft in the foreground.

It was the opening scene of "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man." It was also included in director Mark Craig's "Last Man on the Moon," inspiring "Apollo 1." ...